Rediscovering my desi roots in DubaiWhile the rest of the world rests on laurels of nostalgia and feel-good classicality, this city has its breakneck tempo of evolution where almost no place is out of bounds.
The power of community volunteeringMany of the volunteers at Covidwidows.in try to find jobs for the widows using their own connections
A digital saviour for Covid widowsWidowed by the second wave, thousands of Indian women have been given a helping hand by an Internet-based employment initiative.
Indian joint families in UK: Bonds that tieMost families in Asian communities have a much broader network of familial relations than a typical white-British family
Boomerang generation: Young adults return to parentsThe stigma in western societies on young adults living with parents is fast dissipating with the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.
Long Read: Portraits of mums as pandemic warriorsFor mothers, the virus has made them reinvent their parenting skills to survive lockdowns while protecting kids from paranoia.
My pandemic learning: Dad's not the wordIn a role reversal, my 19-year-old daughter stood by me, like a rock, amid an unfolding emergency — and ‘mothered’ me whenever I flailed
Long Read: The comfort of ‘social traditions’For expats, there’s nothing like forming a habit that instills a sense of camaraderie and is rooted in familiarity.
Buy now, pay laterIn India, Covid has cemented the strain of ‘zero-interest’ digital lending by FinTechs as more and more consumers turn to e-commerce. BNPL is now a prime mover in the matrix of Retail 3.0.
Silver splitters: Breaking up after a long marriageAs what happened when Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce, ‘society’ wants to know why long-married couples are moving away